After a series of delays, the Senate passed legislation Wednesday to fundamentally restructure government student loans and reverse the sharp hikes in interest rates that went into effect on July 1.The vote was 81-18, with more than a dozen Democrats voting against the White Ho&nbsp;&hellip; Full story

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Congress has reached a bipartisan deal to restore lower interest rates on federally subsidized college student loans. The rates on federally subsidized Stafford Loans had doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1. Under the deal rates will go down to 3.8 percent for undergraduates and 5.4 pe

DENVER, CO - JUNE 10: College student Kelly Binns, 19, does school work while house sitting on June 10, 2013 in Denver, Colorado to help pay back her growing student loans. Binns fears the increase in student loans interest rates and is already worried about how she will pay back her loans when she